Formative Assessment Strategies:This list is a collection of formative assessment strategies to use in the classroom. Being intentional about formative assessments enables the teacher to identify studentswho are struggling with material before the summative assessment.​

Play "Musical Pairs"- Students work a problem on paper then walk around the room with music playing till it stops.Whoever they are closest to at the time they will share with. Teacher listens in to conversations for misconceptions.

Jigsaw - For review, students become experts at their part of the unit. Each group will create review problems of theirsection to share with the class.

Essential Questions - students answer the Essential Questions from the lesson on 3x5 cards.

Four Corners - Put four signs in the corners of the room labeled "Strongly Agree", "Agree", "Disagree", "Strongly Disagree".Call out a fact or statement and students go stand by the sign that closely matches their answer.They must explain why they chose what they did.

Graffiti Wall - Put white poster paper up on the wall. Students write on the poster what they learned froma particular unit of study. They can put definitions, examples, etc.

3- minute pause - Allows students to reflect on their understanding of material just introduced.Students will write using a prompt such as:

I changed my attitude about...

I became more aware that...

I was surprised that...

This material is important because...

I can relate what we learned to...

I can apply what we learned to...

Observation - teacher walks around the room to observe student and check for understanding by listeningto conversations and looking at student work.

Cubing - Display 6 questions from the lesson. Students work in groups of 4. One student from the group rollsa die and answers the question that corresponds to the number on the die. If a number is rolled more than once,the student will elaborate on or explain again the previous response.​